https://youtu.be/GrQH8y0v0RY
Audiofeed 2023 was scheduled from July 1st through 4th. This was a bit different from other years in that it started on the weekend and ran until Tuesday which was a holiday. The way the schedule fell worked out well enough for us, I heard some complain about having to go to work and not be able to stay the whole time. I'm not sure I quite understand why using a different sequence of days off was so problematic as it seemed the typical amount of week days remained the same, they just occurred at the beginning of the work week rather than the end...or the middle. I suppose though, if folks complained, then they probably had valid grievances in that regard, at least.
Audiofeed 2023 was scheduled from July 1st through 4th. This was a bit different from other years in that it started on the weekend and ran until Tuesday which was a holiday. The way the schedule fell worked out well enough for us, I heard some complain about having to go to work and not be able to stay the whole time. I'm not sure I quite understand why using a different sequence of days off was so problematic as it seemed the typical amount of week days remained the same, they just occurred at the beginning of the work week rather than the end...or the middle. I suppose though, if folks complained, then they probably had valid grievances in that regard, at least.
Another difference was the team running the festival. The previous team needed to step away after over 10 years of providing a space for this amazing community. Their time at the helm included navigating through the COVID-19 pandemic which I'm sure added to the strain of it all. Those on this new team are mostly folks from within the Audiofeed community and are also folks that I am familiar with and so I offered any assistance I could. This resulted in officially volunteering for teardown and cleanup. I decided to book our hotel on booking.com for Friday night through Wednesday morning. I figured that we would be on site when the "gates open" and initially, I figured we'd have the day after to hang out or help out as needed. It turned out, we would be helping out as needed and as we volunteered, ha! We were asked if we could come early but this was after scheduling our hotel and working out the time off from my job so I had to sadly say that we weren't available before Friday night.
About a week before Audiofeed, Elphie was approached about speaking regarding her book, which is a collection of journal entries about her struggles with living with mental illness. She was able to get a table for vending so we made an extra shopping trip to gather the supplies for bracelet making and placed an order for books. Because we offered to help with cleanup, she got the table for free! She was able to use the space to hang with people and seemed to really enjoy it.
As for video, I decided to capture a full set each day again this year along with full song clips from the rest of the bands I experienced...57 in all, it would turn out! Ronnie Martin was the priority in regards to capturing a full set and I sort of winged it on the rest deciding the day of who else I would choose for the full set treatment. I ended up with Leper, Coxey's Army, and theillogicalspoon for the other days of Audiofeed. Unlike previous years, I did not have one repeat in what I captured...sometimes the artists are scheduled to play more than one set or do so on The Front Porch impromptu stage. While some did do multiple sets, I only saw and captured footage from one (there were some folks who played in multiple acts but each had a different name).
I set the audio recording settings to be fairly low on my Canon Rebel T6s in hopes to not have any peaking and distortion. I also set the Audio-Technica AT-8024 microphone at -20db. I figure I can boost the volume while editing if needed...which I did with some of the footage. I have also noticed during the editing process that a lot of the low frequency is not really in the mix. I looked at the settings on the microphone and sure enough the switch was set to reduce the low end and I assume that means it was set that way the whole time at Audiofeed. It is possible that folks will need to turn up their volume on their devices more than usual for this video project.
I set the audio recording settings to be fairly low on my Canon Rebel T6s in hopes to not have any peaking and distortion. I also set the Audio-Technica AT-8024 microphone at -20db. I figure I can boost the volume while editing if needed...which I did with some of the footage. I have also noticed during the editing process that a lot of the low frequency is not really in the mix. I looked at the settings on the microphone and sure enough the switch was set to reduce the low end and I assume that means it was set that way the whole time at Audiofeed. It is possible that folks will need to turn up their volume on their devices more than usual for this video project.
I decided to use Audiofeed's full lineup announcement graphic in my project promo video along with the individual artist announcement graphics. I also decided to download or screenshot some of the other announcement graphics Audiofeed used this year in order to keep with the theme and style they chose. I decided to download an old style television graphic and use that as well to have artist clips playing. I used the grow/shrink effect to have the full lineup graphic grow to regular size in the middle of the screen then used the move effect to place it to the right side of the screen. I used the same grow effect to bring each artist off the lineup graphic and arranged them to the left side of the screen while having the old television graphic toward the bottom...also on the left of the screen. I sped the artist announcement graphics up by 300% then took five seconds of the performance clips to play inside the tv graphic and used "bad tv" effect to transition between artists. I organized the artists into the order of seeing them and layered the graphics as I went as well. This part of the project ended up being pretty easy actually. The hard part has been trying to decide on a backing soundtrack. I've been wanting to use a Starflyer 59 song. They were booked to play last year, even though they didn't make it and with Ronnie Martin being on this year, I figured it makes sense. Once I got the intro project mostly done visually and found it would be close to six minutes long, I decided to use "I Like Your Photographs" with "Moving On" by Starflyer 59. I really hope that the copyright won't prohibit this usage. I also added a couple of the clips of our arrival and departure with a few other clips that occurred during the festival to flesh it out a bit. I rearranged all this a bit to make it into an intro video to the project. I fit the modified project into the arrival at the grounds. I also used "Cloud City" by Hum for additional soundtrack. I guess the theme was Audiofeed missed connections...so far.
I also used the artist announcement graphics in each live music clip as a title for who the artist was, adding in text for the song, date, and my usual filmed and edited by-line. I downloaded a copy of the Tuned Up logo then took screenshots for Bloodline, Burningtown, The [Sub] Culture, and The Park stages. I'm less happy with those because my preference is transparent (like the Tuned Up logo) which I originally thought looks a bit nicer (though while working through the footage, the Tuned Up logo is difficult to see due it being black on top of dark background video footage). I arranged this information to the lower left corner of the video as I usually do though my text file is next to the artist graphic so the information is closer to the lower center than I typically do.
06.30.2023
I had unrealistic hopes that we'd arrive in the evening to Champaign Urbana. This was not accounting for the traffic complications created by the NASCAR Race in downtown Chicago which turned my typical 45-60 minute commute home into nearly two hours! We had someone set up to watch Stein who also was stuck in traffic. I began loading up our car while we waited for Alana, the cat sitter to arrive. This didn't take much time as we had done some packing the night before as well. It could have been worse but we finally left sometime around 7:30pm to make the trip south down I-57 to Champaign Urbana and arrived at the hotel sometime around 10:30pm. We were definitely too late to help on site at Audiofeed and also missed the pre-show of Chris Bernstorf and Christian Welch that happened in town.
The video project opens with me getting a few things ready then heading to work in the morning which included a detour then our departure in the evening from Chicago. As we drove, we could see the glow of lightning bugs along the highway...I tried to capture it with the Crosstour CR-900 dashcam but I'm not sure that it turned out so great The ones that met their unfortunate fate on our windshield showed up on camera though. I added the animated map file once again to the footage of our drive from Chicago to Champaign Urbana. After checking in at America's Best Inn And Suites, and learning that the hotel was full after the damaging storms in the Champaign Urbana area from earlier in the week, we made a quick trip to Meijer to get some food and drink items to get through the week. I had plans to grill a couple of the nights and figured we could support a vendor on other nights. The Shaws (Leper) and The Castros had rooms just down the hall from us. We all got the east side of the building with a view of a billboard and the former site of the Lincoln Lodge. Both we and the Shaws had previously stayed there. We hung out with The Castros and The Shaws in The Shaws room for a bit before getting some sleep ahead of the start of Audiofeed 2023.
We got up and prepared to head into the first day of Audiofeed on Saturday July 1st, 2023. I had a cup of coffee and took a look outside at the lot that used to be Lincoln Lodge and the billboard. I used the Crosstour CR-900 to capture the short trip from the hotel to the Champaign County Fairgrounds where Audiofeed is held. After checking in, we drove in so Elphie could unload at her table.
I included the promo video in the footage surrounding our arrival.
Once unloaded, I drove back out and parked the car before walking back in while capturing footage with my iPhone. I stopped to talk to Guy for a bit before returning to Elphie's table. She was set up next to the Hampton's ORCS Leatherworks and Clifford Close who made a documentary last year of his Audiofeed experience. He used a clip I had shot so I introduced myself to him and we chatted a bit. I got my camera set up and tried to clean the lenses as much as possible in hopes to remove any streaks or glare. I continue to get a diagonal light reflections upper left to lower right which I'm not entirely sure how to remedy. Anyway, as the day went on, I felt compelled to hunt down Tyler Hentchel. He was planning to borrow our tent and I hoped to catch him so he could set up before the forecasted rain. I also got to see a good amount of our friends either wandering by Elphie's table or as I wandered the grounds while looking for Tyler. I did eventually find Tyler in the hospitality building where band merch was set up.
In the evening, I cooked some steaks and corn on the grill. I set the grill up where it seemed there was no one doing merch but the Boone's Overstock crew ended up setting up nearby while I was cooking! I did end up buying a few vinyl from them later in the week. We ate our meal and I gave Mountain Dew Passionfruit Punch variant a try. It was one of the two new flavors released with Baja Blast for the summer. It was ok but I definitely prefer regular Baja Blast.
https://youtu.be/CUebYfSi_AQ
The first band I caught was Bloodlines opening the festival for the Bloodline stage...seems fitting. I captured their performance of "Psalm of the Depths" and enjoyed their set. I had a little trouble getting the camera focused properly.
https://youtu.be/thtm9bYkuK0
I went to the Tuned Up Lounge next to catch Christian Welch. I ended up capturing a new piece and he forgot words part way through so he had to get his book. I think he handled it well and even stated he'd rather be humble than get it wrong.
https://youtu.be/1CXm8sEWn9U
I went back to Bloodline for the Lightworker set and captured their final song, "Empyre."
https://youtu.be/Sc97ngxx4fc
As I was walking over to Burningtown Stage to see some of Orion Walsh's set, the storm began to roll in and the clouds seemed to surround and converge on the fairgrounds. I took measures to ensure my camera didn't get wet as I navigated throughout the rest of the night. I captured "When The Hangman Calls" from the Orion Walsh set.
https://youtu.be/96fd1HalFmg
I went back to Bloodline for The Ongoing Concept set. It was meant to be a play through of their album "Saloon" but one member couldn't make it which apparently had an effect on their ability to play all the songs from that album. I ended up capturing a performance of "Feel" off of Handmade instead.
https://youtu.be/hizO8swKjdU
After helping Elphie load up from her table to the car, I stopped at Burningtown to see some of the Hostyle Gospel performance. I ended up capturing "Super Girl" which wad dedicated to the artists wife and daughter.
https://youtu.be/HXH6OWmp5lM
I captured a song performance by Families in the Tuned Up Lounge. I didn't see a lot of their set but I was able to catch a couple songs.
https://youtu.be/24j8TOnpzuA
I went back to Bloodline to see some of Becoming The Archetype's reunion set. I ended up capturing "Internal Illumination" but cut off the very end thinking that they were going into another song with the call for a wall of death pit.
https://youtu.be/l0W6e-tg7vo
I included the promo video in the footage surrounding our arrival.
Once unloaded, I drove back out and parked the car before walking back in while capturing footage with my iPhone. I stopped to talk to Guy for a bit before returning to Elphie's table. She was set up next to the Hampton's ORCS Leatherworks and Clifford Close who made a documentary last year of his Audiofeed experience. He used a clip I had shot so I introduced myself to him and we chatted a bit. I got my camera set up and tried to clean the lenses as much as possible in hopes to remove any streaks or glare. I continue to get a diagonal light reflections upper left to lower right which I'm not entirely sure how to remedy. Anyway, as the day went on, I felt compelled to hunt down Tyler Hentchel. He was planning to borrow our tent and I hoped to catch him so he could set up before the forecasted rain. I also got to see a good amount of our friends either wandering by Elphie's table or as I wandered the grounds while looking for Tyler. I did eventually find Tyler in the hospitality building where band merch was set up.
In the evening, I cooked some steaks and corn on the grill. I set the grill up where it seemed there was no one doing merch but the Boone's Overstock crew ended up setting up nearby while I was cooking! I did end up buying a few vinyl from them later in the week. We ate our meal and I gave Mountain Dew Passionfruit Punch variant a try. It was one of the two new flavors released with Baja Blast for the summer. It was ok but I definitely prefer regular Baja Blast.
https://youtu.be/CUebYfSi_AQ
The first band I caught was Bloodlines opening the festival for the Bloodline stage...seems fitting. I captured their performance of "Psalm of the Depths" and enjoyed their set. I had a little trouble getting the camera focused properly.
https://youtu.be/thtm9bYkuK0
I went to the Tuned Up Lounge next to catch Christian Welch. I ended up capturing a new piece and he forgot words part way through so he had to get his book. I think he handled it well and even stated he'd rather be humble than get it wrong.
https://youtu.be/1CXm8sEWn9U
I went back to Bloodline for the Lightworker set and captured their final song, "Empyre."
https://youtu.be/Sc97ngxx4fc
As I was walking over to Burningtown Stage to see some of Orion Walsh's set, the storm began to roll in and the clouds seemed to surround and converge on the fairgrounds. I took measures to ensure my camera didn't get wet as I navigated throughout the rest of the night. I captured "When The Hangman Calls" from the Orion Walsh set.
https://youtu.be/96fd1HalFmg
I went back to Bloodline for The Ongoing Concept set. It was meant to be a play through of their album "Saloon" but one member couldn't make it which apparently had an effect on their ability to play all the songs from that album. I ended up capturing a performance of "Feel" off of Handmade instead.
https://youtu.be/hizO8swKjdU
After helping Elphie load up from her table to the car, I stopped at Burningtown to see some of the Hostyle Gospel performance. I ended up capturing "Super Girl" which wad dedicated to the artists wife and daughter.
https://youtu.be/HXH6OWmp5lM
I captured a song performance by Families in the Tuned Up Lounge. I didn't see a lot of their set but I was able to catch a couple songs.
https://youtu.be/24j8TOnpzuA
I went back to Bloodline to see some of Becoming The Archetype's reunion set. I ended up capturing "Internal Illumination" but cut off the very end thinking that they were going into another song with the call for a wall of death pit.
https://youtu.be/l0W6e-tg7vo
Leper set list:
1. Prayer
2. Lacrime Nere (Jet Black Tears)
3. Non Ho Piu Paura Di Dormire (I'm Not Afraid To Sleep Anymore)
4. Làmhan Craiceann (Skeleton Hands)
1. Prayer
2. Lacrime Nere (Jet Black Tears)
3. Non Ho Piu Paura Di Dormire (I'm Not Afraid To Sleep Anymore)
4. Làmhan Craiceann (Skeleton Hands)
5. Red Words
6. Bat
7. Washed In The Blood
7. Washed In The Blood
8. Saved By The Blood
9. Oh, The Blood
10. La Ca Vrei (Take What You Want)
11. Tha Thu Naomh (You Are Holy)
At Burningtown, I captured the full set from Leper. I arrived a bit later than the scheduled set time so I thought they may have started already. In finding out that they hadn't, I set up to capture the entire set. Things started a bit rough due to Skot not having the right mix in his monitor but as the show went on, it seemed to be a pretty good performance overall. At the 30 minute point, when my Canon Rebel T6s stops automatically, I began to record using my iPhone 14, however, I thought I started it up again only to have stopped it nearly immediately after the restart. In my attempt to get the camera recording again, I think my shooting with my iPhone was pretty shaky and not really pointed the right way. I was able to get the iPhone footage and the Canon Rebel T6s footage synced up pretty well I think, I also adjusted the audio levels to be more comparable so there's not too much of a noticeable change in that regard. I discarded the second or so of footage from when I thought I had restarted my Canon Rebel T6s...it just didn't seem worth the effort to squeeze that in. Overall, I felt I could have probably recorded this better. I think I had the tripod set in such a way that panning was more jerky than I'd have preferred. At any rate, this is what I got and I'm happy enough with it.https://youtu.be/h6SuJc3ySlA
The last set I watched was from the 'supergroup' World Gone Cold at Bloodline. I captured the song "Burn" but I don't feel I captured it well. I was a bit jerky in trying to move the camera throughout and didn't get zoomed out to show the entire band. I think this was due to my positioning in the tent more than anything though.
After the World Gone Cold set ended, I had thoughts of catching Slow Coming Day but by the time I headed into the Tuned Up Lounge, the set had just come to an end. I was outside talking with some friends before making the decision to go into Tuned Up. I did capture a clip of the lounge set up though before heading back out. Elphie and I decided to go to Road Dog Cafe to see if anyone was hanging around there. It turned out that the Larsen's, Tyler, and some others were hanging out there. We got a bit of leftover food and hung for a while until most folks decided it was time to sleep. It was fun to hang and chit chat for a bit though!
07.02.2023
https://youtu.be/Du7oHVTeGB8
I began the morning on Sunday July 2nd, 2023 with some coffee and decided to wear my way too tight Scurvies shirt as I tend to do at Audiofeed. I bought the shirt at Cornerstone and what I was given was a women's small. The first time I put it on, it definitely felt like it wasn't fitting properly...since then I cut off the sleeves and the sides. It probably won't last many more years. After making the quick trip over to Audiofeed, we found that Honz Cartee showed up! He had apparently recently had a mishap at a show resulting in some broken ribs. He was hanging out by Elphie's table.
I began the morning on Sunday July 2nd, 2023 with some coffee and decided to wear my way too tight Scurvies shirt as I tend to do at Audiofeed. I bought the shirt at Cornerstone and what I was given was a women's small. The first time I put it on, it definitely felt like it wasn't fitting properly...since then I cut off the sleeves and the sides. It probably won't last many more years. After making the quick trip over to Audiofeed, we found that Honz Cartee showed up! He had apparently recently had a mishap at a show resulting in some broken ribs. He was hanging out by Elphie's table.
https://youtu.be/y7WKsJCZILs
Though I missed a couple of speakers I hoped to hear, I did make it to the fest in time to catch Dad Jokes playing on Bloodline. They were a late addition to the festival and so I created a makshift flyer for them to put at the beginning of the video clip. Little Jessi Dills played trumpet for the band and I captured the performance of "The Man Called Sting." While Dad Jokes was still playing, I captured some footage of Jordan from Gaffer Project giving haircuts as he often does at these events along the side of Bloodline stage.
https://youtu.be/R2HsztSLjWg
I forgot that Joel David Weir was playing at the [Sub] Culture stage and ended up missing his set. I'm disappointed in that I missed both the set and his speaking engagement. I did go to Burningtown to catch the interview by Clifford Close of Ronnie Martin. The entire interview can be heard on Clifford's YouTube channel "I'm Clifford Today." I captured a short clip while I was there.
https://youtu.be/Hp0c2z-LTVk
Local Legends was playing on the Bloodline stage next. We had the opportunity to see them play in Chicago a couple weeks prior to Audiofeed and it was good to see them play again. I ended up capturing a song featuring Little Jessi on vocals too!
https://youtu.be/av9ytUl5OPM
Next up on Bloodline was 2Minute Minor. I had hoped to capture a new song but ended up with "Change My Life" instead. I'm happy for this because Wiley gave a short talk on the importance of this song to him and felt it was definitely worth sharing.
https://youtu.be/NOJddev6k9o
I went down the hill to the [Sub] Culture stage to catch some of the Upstanding Gents set. I captured "Raise A Toast To Johnny."
https://youtu.be/uJ0WkSWRlj0
Back at Bloodline, Narrow / Arrow was playing and I captured the fourth song of the set, apparently. I'm not sure what it was called but that is what Cody announced at the end of the song. I never really connected with Jonathan Hape before they left and that's a bummer.
https://youtu.be/KxLLT7wIZto
I nearly forgot that the Noisy Do-Gooders were on stage at The Park. I got there just before their last song which was "Thunderstorm." I was able to get set up just in time to capture it! I decided to capture a panoramic shot after the Noisy Do-Gooders set at The Park capturing the activity in the area before starting to cook our dinner.
https://youtu.be/KngiUvyNLso
While cooking dinner, Riot For Romance started playing on the Bloodline stage. They played a cover of "Dungeon" by Starflyer 59 and so they intrigued me. I ended up going in to see the last few songs while the meat cooked on my grill. I also bought a vinyl from them.
After our venison burger and corn was done cooking, I decided to give the Mountain Dew Caribbean Splash a try while we ate dinner. It also was ok but my preference remains with Baja Blast. Both of these other variants aren't ones I would avoid but I also wouldn't go out of my way to try again.
https://youtu.be/MbLVgVCJ0KY
After eating dinner, I went over to Burningtown to check out the set by Jeremiah Dirt. Upon arriving, he was tossing beef bologna to the audience. He made sure all in attendance knew it was kosher, ha! I captured a song and watched through a few songs before moving along. I missed Jeremiah Dirt last year and was made aware by Marco Castro that this was the Dirt from Shadow Of Locusts who did a guest vocal on Breathe Babylon by P.O.D.
https://youtu.be/ZlU1g5MXiqg
Over in the Tuned Up Lounge, the synth heavy night was beginning with Hello Luna. I captured the song "Wait So Long" and watched most of the set. I enjoyed their style.
https://youtu.be/BIigPHaxsec
I returned to Burningtown to catch some of the Brother Red Squirrel set and captured "Lord, Your beautiful / The Game." As I think is the usual with Brother Red Squirrel, this was a fairly long song. It was quite good. He had a couple guest musicians with him including one of the Boha Tribe.
https://youtu.be/ZOaV0iMbE5I
I missed Idle Threat last year while cooking dinner so I wanted to make sure I caught at least part of their set at Bloodline. I captured a performance of "Beige." It was a good set, however, I think I had a different impression of their sound. Not a bad thing, just a different impression.
https://youtu.be/1XJZ4XmvdRs
While checking in on Elphie to see if she wanted to load her merch up, the Donley's came by to chat for a bit then along came Josh and Anastasia who was wearing her golden shiny shorts she found (and wrote a song about). After hanging a bit with them, I decided to head over to Burningtown to catch some of the Boha Tribe set. I assume the song I captured is probably called Hallelujah. It was quite long and I think possibly somewhat improv-ed.
https://youtu.be/u5JMl4c_vJc
I went back to Tuned Up Lounge to catch the Lone Wild set and captured the song "Spitfire." I enjoyed this set as well. I think Ryan did a pretty good job with his booking this year and on this night in particular.
https://youtu.be/6PI9TRJndas
Returning to Burningtown, I caught some of the American Arson set. It was quite loud and sounded like they may have been overpowering the system as the vocals seemed pretty distorted from probably peaking the amps. It was cool to see them as I had missed their previous performances at Audiofeed in past years.
https://youtu.be/Yf2fS_UIa-w
After helping Elphie move her stuff back to the car, I returned to the Tuned Up Lounge to catch Death Therapy for a bit. I captured their performance of "It's OK To Not Be OK" which was somewhat different than it sounds on the album.
https://youtu.be/p84zo53OvG0
I jumped over to Bloodline for a bit to see My Epic. I captured a new song called "Northstar" and was able to stay for a few songs. I tried to catch a few minutes of Knotts as well but they were still setting up when I went over to Burningtown and I wanted to captured the entire Joy Electric set so I wanted to make sure I got into the Tuned Up Lounge with plenty of time so I wasn't rushing to get my camera set properly. I probably could have caught a bit of Knotts as it turned out there was quite a bit of time before the Joy Electric set began.
Chris Bernstorf put together a mocktail night at the Tuned Up Lounge during Death Therapy and Joy Electric sets. These were phenomenal! I was able to get a few drinks and we very much enjoyed each one we tried. Elphie decorated her hair with the umbrellas...she also wore the appropriate dress attire for the evening by putting on her Hawai'ian shirt.
https://youtu.be/vGHwsU64glE
Ronnie Martin/Joy Electric full set
1. Starcadia
2. We Are Rock
3. The Robot Beat
4. Dance To Moroder
5. The Matterhorn
6. The Harsh Effects Of Time
7. Red Will Dye These Snows Of Silver
8. Most Terrible Archer
9. From The Womb Of The Morning The Dew Of Your Youth Will Be Yours
10. What Electricity Made
11. Whose Voice Will Not Be Heard
11. Whose Voice Will Not Be Heard
12. Drum Machine Joy
13. Sugar Rush
14. Monosynth
The Tuned Up Lounge seemed pretty packed for the Ronnie Martin/Joy Electric set. Ronnie had the guys who played live with him last about 12 years ago rejoin him for this performance. The set was similar as well to the last time I saw a Joy Electric show with a couple additions from his new solo work as well as from the last Joy Electric album. I thought it was a fairly good set considering the amount of time that past since Ronnie last performed live. I was happy to be able to see it happen again!
After the music ended, we didn't really find much of anyone hanging around late at night. We did hang for a bit at Road Dog Cafe with Jim Judge of theillogicalspoon as he was awake and had no desire for sleep at the time. Road Dog Cafe was preparing the hog roast for the next day and Jim got some coffee while we caught up on life. As we left the grounds, we found Marco Castro putting up flyers so we gave him a ride back to the hotel.
The Tuned Up Lounge seemed pretty packed for the Ronnie Martin/Joy Electric set. Ronnie had the guys who played live with him last about 12 years ago rejoin him for this performance. The set was similar as well to the last time I saw a Joy Electric show with a couple additions from his new solo work as well as from the last Joy Electric album. I thought it was a fairly good set considering the amount of time that past since Ronnie last performed live. I was happy to be able to see it happen again!
After the music ended, we didn't really find much of anyone hanging around late at night. We did hang for a bit at Road Dog Cafe with Jim Judge of theillogicalspoon as he was awake and had no desire for sleep at the time. Road Dog Cafe was preparing the hog roast for the next day and Jim got some coffee while we caught up on life. As we left the grounds, we found Marco Castro putting up flyers so we gave him a ride back to the hotel.
07.03.2023
https://youtu.be/o2XrmUfDnBc
The footage for the third day of Audiofeed on Monday July 3rd, 2023 begins with a clip of Lore Roberts speaking on their experience as part of the Christian and LBGTQ+ communities in the Tuned Up Lounge. For most of the clip, I had the camera pointing toward the ceiling for some reason. I decided to cut a still frame where Lore was in the frame and play around with the Bad TV effect.
https://youtu.be/4tFSB3X67ps
After that talk, I stepped out of the Tuned Up Lounge and found Skot Shaw, Colleen Davick, and Roirdan and Royce Hanly doing a celtic jam at The Park Stage. I captured a tune then got some footage of the hose for drinking water and a wizard walking through the grounds while sitting at the table with Elphie for a bit.
https://youtu.be/EOZm6AZSfX0
Back in the Tuned Up Lounge, Nate Allen was speaking and performing some Good Saint Nathanael tunes. It was sort of like a storytellers set up with the songs woven. Nate would talk about where he was in life as certain songs were written. I captured the performance of "Making Repairs" along with his talk before the song about. I ended up having to leave the talk a bit early to get over to the [Sub] Culture Stage to catch the Coxey's Army set.
https://youtu.be/5F8HUpGiR6s
Coxey's Army full set
1. Vagabond Son
The footage for the third day of Audiofeed on Monday July 3rd, 2023 begins with a clip of Lore Roberts speaking on their experience as part of the Christian and LBGTQ+ communities in the Tuned Up Lounge. For most of the clip, I had the camera pointing toward the ceiling for some reason. I decided to cut a still frame where Lore was in the frame and play around with the Bad TV effect.
https://youtu.be/4tFSB3X67ps
After that talk, I stepped out of the Tuned Up Lounge and found Skot Shaw, Colleen Davick, and Roirdan and Royce Hanly doing a celtic jam at The Park Stage. I captured a tune then got some footage of the hose for drinking water and a wizard walking through the grounds while sitting at the table with Elphie for a bit.
https://youtu.be/EOZm6AZSfX0
Back in the Tuned Up Lounge, Nate Allen was speaking and performing some Good Saint Nathanael tunes. It was sort of like a storytellers set up with the songs woven. Nate would talk about where he was in life as certain songs were written. I captured the performance of "Making Repairs" along with his talk before the song about. I ended up having to leave the talk a bit early to get over to the [Sub] Culture Stage to catch the Coxey's Army set.
https://youtu.be/5F8HUpGiR6s
Coxey's Army full set
1. Vagabond Son
2. Boys On The Docks
3. Faithful
3. Faithful
4. Send 'Em Packing
5. The D5C
6. Working
7. Farewell, Godspeed
8. 'Til The End Of the Line
9. Blue Color Pilgrim
10. You're Gonna Make It
I decided I wanted to capture the entire Coxey's Army set for day 3 of Audiofeed. They played on the [Sub]Culture stage which was quite small. I tried to get set up a bit early just to be able to have a better view. I ended up with a fairly center stage spot at the edge of the short tent which allowed me to be able to see and capture the whole stage fairly well. I went with the shorter lens since it was so close up. It was a good set with a soccer style beach ball being kicked and tossed around throughout the set. Some of the kids got a little rowdy with it! Thankfully no camera equipment was damaged for me or anyone else ha!
Elphie captured some footage of the merch area. Clifford Close was gone for the day. Amy Aldrich had come to hang out! It was good to see her again. Elphie also captured some footage of the Charioke set on the Front Porch.
https://youtu.be/pzIYnw_nTvk
I went over to the Tuned Up Lounge to catch Brave Days. Honz went over with me as well. They played a pretty good pop punk style. They talked a bit about their excitement of finally getting to play after trying for several years.
https://youtu.be/S0jjikxWsiM
At Burningtown, Harry Gore was up and I captured a new song called "Dead Man Blues." He had his all star cast of players. He said before they started the song that none of the band had played or heard it before...but it sounded pretty good to me.
Honz broke out his guitar for a Honz Solo set. He also got interviewed for Tuned Up. This might have been a case of mistaken identity and they had asked me to do an interview earlier in the day, ha! I never did get interviewed. Oh well...
https://youtu.be/W4Dbzcl1Ijk
I stopped over at the [Sub]Culture stage to catch a little bit of the Dead Birds. I was there for a few songs and captured one on video that had a somewhat country sound to it. I went back to Elphie's table so I could prepare to make our Johnsonville Better with Cheddar hot dogs for dinner. While doing so a hot dog eating contest began at the other end of the merch area. I captured a short clip and then Elphie captured more while I was cooking. She even captured the winner!
https://youtu.be/AWt80YgMg8w
I made it into Bloodline to capture the end of the analecta set, I believe I captured the song "Ikigai" and possibly the end of something else at the beginning of the clip. It was the first time seeing analecta with vocals which Sarah Maloney performed. I listened to the whole set from outside while eating and thought it all sounded good!
https://youtu.be/-Zdm_QhMNno
The only performance I caught on the Front Porch was Bryan Hampton's new project called Chalklines. His flyer called it a Genre Reveal Party and I captured the beginning which he called "Name It and Disclaim It" asking folks not to share the performance on social media due to some of the content. I kinda thought it would be funny to share that part and got permission from Bryan to do so.
https://youtu.be/GMSc7mT0cjo
Back in Bloodline, SPACESHIPS opened their set performing "Spillt" with Sarah Maloney performing the guest vocal. It was another good set and Nathaniel Danger FitzGerald had some important things to say during the set as well that I hope folks took to heart. While watching SPACESHIPS, I saw Todd Finney walking his dog which had ear muffs on behind Bloodline.
As I headed back to Bloodline for the Oyarsa set, I captured some footage of folks playing games in the field as well as Jonathan Magee in his Kevin Schlereth attire. This was a fun thing that Jonathan did that day, ha! He had also injured himself on the first night so I hope he's healing ok.
https://youtu.be/_2w2HkLt6WM
I could hear Oyarsa last year as I pulled in to park but I didn't make it to the stage in time to see them. I was glad to catch them this year on Bloodline. Joe McElroy said he has been able to play every Audiofeed which is cool!
https://youtu.be/3asfKRrzS4o
Also on Bloodline I was able to capture some of Chris Bernstorf's set. I captured the performance of "Imago Dei In The Blood" which was toward the end of his set.
https://youtu.be/obwD2aoQyIs
I walked over to Burningtown to catch some of Jeff Elbel + Ping. During the set, I also captured someone in a Fox suit hanging out near Andrew Pickett. I captured the song "Rhyming Dictionary" which has a music video that was shot last year during Audiofeed.
https://youtu.be/BMjUPksVgeg
Gaffer Project closed the night at Bloodline Stage and was the last band I saw as well. Jordan seemed to have changed his vocal approach somewhat I thought from what I recall in previous times seeing them play.
Elphie captured some footage of the merch area. Clifford Close was gone for the day. Amy Aldrich had come to hang out! It was good to see her again. Elphie also captured some footage of the Charioke set on the Front Porch.
https://youtu.be/pzIYnw_nTvk
I went over to the Tuned Up Lounge to catch Brave Days. Honz went over with me as well. They played a pretty good pop punk style. They talked a bit about their excitement of finally getting to play after trying for several years.
https://youtu.be/S0jjikxWsiM
At Burningtown, Harry Gore was up and I captured a new song called "Dead Man Blues." He had his all star cast of players. He said before they started the song that none of the band had played or heard it before...but it sounded pretty good to me.
Honz broke out his guitar for a Honz Solo set. He also got interviewed for Tuned Up. This might have been a case of mistaken identity and they had asked me to do an interview earlier in the day, ha! I never did get interviewed. Oh well...
https://youtu.be/W4Dbzcl1Ijk
I stopped over at the [Sub]Culture stage to catch a little bit of the Dead Birds. I was there for a few songs and captured one on video that had a somewhat country sound to it. I went back to Elphie's table so I could prepare to make our Johnsonville Better with Cheddar hot dogs for dinner. While doing so a hot dog eating contest began at the other end of the merch area. I captured a short clip and then Elphie captured more while I was cooking. She even captured the winner!
https://youtu.be/AWt80YgMg8w
I made it into Bloodline to capture the end of the analecta set, I believe I captured the song "Ikigai" and possibly the end of something else at the beginning of the clip. It was the first time seeing analecta with vocals which Sarah Maloney performed. I listened to the whole set from outside while eating and thought it all sounded good!
https://youtu.be/-Zdm_QhMNno
The only performance I caught on the Front Porch was Bryan Hampton's new project called Chalklines. His flyer called it a Genre Reveal Party and I captured the beginning which he called "Name It and Disclaim It" asking folks not to share the performance on social media due to some of the content. I kinda thought it would be funny to share that part and got permission from Bryan to do so.
https://youtu.be/GMSc7mT0cjo
Back in Bloodline, SPACESHIPS opened their set performing "Spillt" with Sarah Maloney performing the guest vocal. It was another good set and Nathaniel Danger FitzGerald had some important things to say during the set as well that I hope folks took to heart. While watching SPACESHIPS, I saw Todd Finney walking his dog which had ear muffs on behind Bloodline.
As I headed back to Bloodline for the Oyarsa set, I captured some footage of folks playing games in the field as well as Jonathan Magee in his Kevin Schlereth attire. This was a fun thing that Jonathan did that day, ha! He had also injured himself on the first night so I hope he's healing ok.
https://youtu.be/_2w2HkLt6WM
I could hear Oyarsa last year as I pulled in to park but I didn't make it to the stage in time to see them. I was glad to catch them this year on Bloodline. Joe McElroy said he has been able to play every Audiofeed which is cool!
https://youtu.be/3asfKRrzS4o
Also on Bloodline I was able to capture some of Chris Bernstorf's set. I captured the performance of "Imago Dei In The Blood" which was toward the end of his set.
https://youtu.be/obwD2aoQyIs
I walked over to Burningtown to catch some of Jeff Elbel + Ping. During the set, I also captured someone in a Fox suit hanging out near Andrew Pickett. I captured the song "Rhyming Dictionary" which has a music video that was shot last year during Audiofeed.
https://youtu.be/BMjUPksVgeg
Gaffer Project closed the night at Bloodline Stage and was the last band I saw as well. Jordan seemed to have changed his vocal approach somewhat I thought from what I recall in previous times seeing them play.
After the Gaffer Project set, we hung around the merch area where Elphie's table was set up. Jim Judge from theillogicalspoon came by, Honz was still around, and Brock who put on Ellis Fest back in 2013 came by. It was a good time to hang and chat. I also captured a few shots of the moon with both my iPhone 14 and my Canon Rebel T6s.
07.04.2023
Upon arrival at Audiofeed for its fourth and final day on July 4th, 2023, we got things set up in Tuned Up Lounge for Elphie since she was speaking in there. While we were setting up the Intentional Community Roundtable was going on and I captured a clip from that. I stepped out of the Tuned Up Lounge and captured some footage of the festival from that perspective. The celtic jam was going on again at The Park. I got something from Elphie's table at the merch area to bring back to the Tuned Up Lounge then listened to the presentation by Jeremy Siegrest of theillogicalspoon on ecology, anarchism, and faith and captured a clip of that. Elphie was scheduled next to speak about her book. She was nervous about it but I think it went fairly well.
We stuck around for the Audiofeed Leadership Question and Answer session. I captured a clip at the beginning where Jim Eisenmenger gave a brief introduction of the new team who each individually introduced themselves. One big takeaway from this session that didn't get captured on video was that the leadership team felt the ticket sales allowed them to meet their goal of not accruing debt! They also gave reason for hope for at least another year!
https://youtu.be/wjCOIG55baU
After all the speakers, I finally started to capture some footage of music with Teel Short's set at Burningtown. I was able to capture the last song of the set. While editing this clip, I kept getting an error message just about as the file was created. After several tries, I found a slight glitch in the clip with less than two seconds left so I cut just before that point of the clip.
https://youtu.be/nexXtVsus08
The Castros played next at Burningtown and I captured their peformance of "Side by Side." They recruited Skot Shaw to play drums as well as someone to play bass this year!
https://youtu.be/hMPm-cEKwCI
I went to the [Sub]Culture Stage to see some of the Pacifico set. I wanted to check this out because they put a Starflyer 59 tribute album out featuring a number of bands. It was a cool set but I ended up cutting out a bit earlier than I intended as I realized I didn't have my water bottle. I found it back at Burningtown.
https://youtu.be/uIwM8wfNjBI
Convictions played a parking lot pop up set near where the remaining food vendors were set up. It was a fun show. I believe that they were meant to have a stage headlining spot on a different day but got booked elsewhere so it was cool that they were still able to make it to Audiofeed and play a set. I captured the song "Teeth."
https://youtu.be/r7IBH0CjA5M
At the [Sub]Culture Stage, Jessie Bear was playing and I captured a song right before a storm hit. Thankfully I was able to stay under the tent and keep my camera dry. As his set ended, the rain had let up so I wandered over to the Tuned Up Lounge for a minute before heading to Elphie's table before it started to come down pretty good again. It was a short lived storm, thankfully.
https://youtu.be/dSHXMfw-xcw
Back at Burningtown, The Uh Ohs were playing. I captured a song from their Almighty Christmas Compilations called "Nobody Said." It was a fun set after the rain ended. Josh took the opportunity to plug the sponsor of The Park, Not Bored Games during the set as well.
https://youtu.be/BnVlwLfLG_g
As I was heading into Bloodline Stage to check out Adjy, there were furries making their way into the tent as well! I captured a song called "Stepping Into The Same River Twice." Adjy reminded me some of All the Day Holiday.
After the Adjy set, I noticed a guy riding on the trailer as a truck made its way toward the front gate and decided to capture that.
https://youtu.be/y1b8cZ8Lc6Q
Over at the Tuned Up Lounge, Insomniac Folklore played as a solo act...only Tyler could make the trip. I captured the closing song, "Behold The Ram" as well as Tyler speaking a bit before the tune. It was a good performance.
I took the Tuned Up Lounge music break to pull my car up to load Elphie's books and everything else we had at the table. I left the car sitting there the rest of the evening.
https://youtu.be/PlIFUkt2rBY
I ended up capturing a short song by Destroy Nate Allen while they played in the Tuned Up Lounge called "An Ode To Urban Living." It seemed an appropriate enough song! It was a fun and classic Destroy Nate Allen set with it just being Nate and Tessa this time.
https://youtu.be/bCt7gPRh_yE
I ran over to the Bloodline Stage to catch some of Pocket Vinyl. They were closing the night on that stage. I captured a tune that was described as a waltz. It was cool to get to see them and see the visual art being created during the set. I stepped outside the Bloodline stage and noticed the moon was clear so I decided to get a couple shots of it, again.
https://youtu.be/cj5ek4EWz6M
I made my way to the end of the M-Low set at Burningtown. I captured Mike talking a bit before closing the set with a solo song.
https://youtu.be/2fr5NSj3gb4
theillogicalspoon Set List:
1. Who's The Cowboy Now?
We stuck around for the Audiofeed Leadership Question and Answer session. I captured a clip at the beginning where Jim Eisenmenger gave a brief introduction of the new team who each individually introduced themselves. One big takeaway from this session that didn't get captured on video was that the leadership team felt the ticket sales allowed them to meet their goal of not accruing debt! They also gave reason for hope for at least another year!
https://youtu.be/wjCOIG55baU
After all the speakers, I finally started to capture some footage of music with Teel Short's set at Burningtown. I was able to capture the last song of the set. While editing this clip, I kept getting an error message just about as the file was created. After several tries, I found a slight glitch in the clip with less than two seconds left so I cut just before that point of the clip.
https://youtu.be/nexXtVsus08
The Castros played next at Burningtown and I captured their peformance of "Side by Side." They recruited Skot Shaw to play drums as well as someone to play bass this year!
https://youtu.be/hMPm-cEKwCI
I went to the [Sub]Culture Stage to see some of the Pacifico set. I wanted to check this out because they put a Starflyer 59 tribute album out featuring a number of bands. It was a cool set but I ended up cutting out a bit earlier than I intended as I realized I didn't have my water bottle. I found it back at Burningtown.
https://youtu.be/uIwM8wfNjBI
Convictions played a parking lot pop up set near where the remaining food vendors were set up. It was a fun show. I believe that they were meant to have a stage headlining spot on a different day but got booked elsewhere so it was cool that they were still able to make it to Audiofeed and play a set. I captured the song "Teeth."
https://youtu.be/r7IBH0CjA5M
At the [Sub]Culture Stage, Jessie Bear was playing and I captured a song right before a storm hit. Thankfully I was able to stay under the tent and keep my camera dry. As his set ended, the rain had let up so I wandered over to the Tuned Up Lounge for a minute before heading to Elphie's table before it started to come down pretty good again. It was a short lived storm, thankfully.
https://youtu.be/dSHXMfw-xcw
Back at Burningtown, The Uh Ohs were playing. I captured a song from their Almighty Christmas Compilations called "Nobody Said." It was a fun set after the rain ended. Josh took the opportunity to plug the sponsor of The Park, Not Bored Games during the set as well.
https://youtu.be/BnVlwLfLG_g
As I was heading into Bloodline Stage to check out Adjy, there were furries making their way into the tent as well! I captured a song called "Stepping Into The Same River Twice." Adjy reminded me some of All the Day Holiday.
After the Adjy set, I noticed a guy riding on the trailer as a truck made its way toward the front gate and decided to capture that.
https://youtu.be/y1b8cZ8Lc6Q
Over at the Tuned Up Lounge, Insomniac Folklore played as a solo act...only Tyler could make the trip. I captured the closing song, "Behold The Ram" as well as Tyler speaking a bit before the tune. It was a good performance.
I took the Tuned Up Lounge music break to pull my car up to load Elphie's books and everything else we had at the table. I left the car sitting there the rest of the evening.
https://youtu.be/PlIFUkt2rBY
I ended up capturing a short song by Destroy Nate Allen while they played in the Tuned Up Lounge called "An Ode To Urban Living." It seemed an appropriate enough song! It was a fun and classic Destroy Nate Allen set with it just being Nate and Tessa this time.
https://youtu.be/bCt7gPRh_yE
I ran over to the Bloodline Stage to catch some of Pocket Vinyl. They were closing the night on that stage. I captured a tune that was described as a waltz. It was cool to get to see them and see the visual art being created during the set. I stepped outside the Bloodline stage and noticed the moon was clear so I decided to get a couple shots of it, again.
https://youtu.be/cj5ek4EWz6M
I made my way to the end of the M-Low set at Burningtown. I captured Mike talking a bit before closing the set with a solo song.
https://youtu.be/2fr5NSj3gb4
theillogicalspoon Set List:
1. Who's The Cowboy Now?
2. Ragged Claws
3. Feel, Feel, Feel
4. Rainstorm Swimming
5. Moon and Fire
The final set of the fest was theillogicalspoon in the Tuned up Lounge and I decided to capture it in its entirety. It was a fun set and felt like a good way to end Audiofeed. Unfortunately, they had to cut a song. They also played the next night at Wilson Abbey in Chicago but sadly we didn't make it.
The final set of the fest was theillogicalspoon in the Tuned up Lounge and I decided to capture it in its entirety. It was a fun set and felt like a good way to end Audiofeed. Unfortunately, they had to cut a song. They also played the next night at Wilson Abbey in Chicago but sadly we didn't make it.
After all was over and theillogicalspoon was done playing. I hung around a bit with some friends before assisting with the tear down. I captured a clip of Lee winning fifty cents from the slot machine set up in the among the merch at Tuned Up Lounge. I also took a moment to capture some footage during the tear down efforts while I was gathering various cables and cords to wrap and organize. I think we ended at around 2:00am and headed back to the hotel to try to sleep a little bit before getting back to help some more in the morning.
After a few hours of sleep, we woke on Wednesday morning, got ready and loaded up to go. Elphie found evidence of bed bugs which explained the various bite marks on her body. We informed the hotel so that they would hopefully treat the room. We had to wait around a bit for our deposit and the whole process was a bit confusing due in part to having a hard time hearing the person working the desk and also the accent. We did get it all figured out eventually though and headed back to the fairgrounds to assist with the rest of the Audiofeed teardown and cleanup efforts.
Elphie and I mostly focused on the Tuned Up Lounge stage area again, Elphie did some restroom cleaning. We cleaned and stacked a few more tables and swept up the floors. We also went around the grounds to pick up trash that was still laying around. It wasn't hard work and we were happy to do it. While we helped out, Tyler Hentchel returned our tent. I loaded that up then continued picking up trash. We checked in to see what else we could do to help and once it was said that we were done, we went over to the Road Dog Cafe area to say our goodbyes to Mama Linda, Tara, and the crew. We hadn't had much of a chance to see them during the fest. As we left, I made a point to take a picture of the footprint left behind by Guy Allen's snack booth. It was a bit funny...especially in light of a social media post and thread later that day. Jonathan Magee makes a cameo as well...he informed us that his injury would be projected to be healed up in time for Furnace Fest! Good luck, Jonathan!
We stopped to get some lunch at Bob Evans as we left Champaign Urbana. It seemed that everyone else probably had left the area. I captured footage during the drive home again using our Crosstour CR-900 and used the animated map clip for further documentation of our return. Along the ride home, I also captured some windmills, what appeared to be a military helicopter landing, a Lincoln statue, the water tower for Monee, and the Chicago skyline as we approached the city. Back at the house, we brought everything out of the car, and sprayed it in hopes to kill any remaining bed bugs. We sprayed the car as well as the trunk and put all our clothes into the wash. It seems we were able to get rid of the problem! We thankfully were able to get it all done before another storm came through. We seem to have just missed one and throughout the weekend while we were gone it seemed that there was considerable rain as well.
In addition to all the video footage shared, there's also photos and such shared at our respective Facebook and Instagram feeds.
Also, for other perspectives, check out I'm Clifford Today on YouTube. Tuned Up has some written articles as well as video interviews and whatnot on the Tuned Up YouTube. I'm sure that Jeff Summers will also contribute to the live footage archive on YouTube as well (I have come to realize he was unable to attend Audiofeed this year but he has quite a bit of footage on his channel dating back to the Cornerstone years to check out). I'm sure there are others who have shared their experience of Audiofeed on the internet who I am not yet aware of.
There are also some who don't share to the internet like our mullet wearing friend, Lee who surely has an immense collection somewhere! I remember seeing him with camera in hand the first time I went to Cornerstone in 2004!
Of course check the various internet homes of Audiofeed where I'm sure there is a lot that has been shared and probably still to be shared from the official media team.
I felt that Audiofeed 2023, went quite well. The new team booked fun acts and seemed to handle the responsibilities quite well. Jim was still heavily involved lending a hand where he could and Zach and Luke also were still quite involved but the new team took the reins well I think. I captured footage from 57 artists or speakers along with an assortment of other footage! I am hopeful for the future of Audiofeed! The announcement already went out for the 2024 edition which will be the 10th event. It's a couple years delayed due to COVID-19 but it is exciting to reach the 10th Audiofeed and can't wait to see what they got in store. I included the announcement of the 10th Audiofeed at the end of the video.
Additional soundtrack includes "I Like Your Photographs / ...Moves On" by Starflyer 59 and "Cloud City" by Hum.
Elphie and I mostly focused on the Tuned Up Lounge stage area again, Elphie did some restroom cleaning. We cleaned and stacked a few more tables and swept up the floors. We also went around the grounds to pick up trash that was still laying around. It wasn't hard work and we were happy to do it. While we helped out, Tyler Hentchel returned our tent. I loaded that up then continued picking up trash. We checked in to see what else we could do to help and once it was said that we were done, we went over to the Road Dog Cafe area to say our goodbyes to Mama Linda, Tara, and the crew. We hadn't had much of a chance to see them during the fest. As we left, I made a point to take a picture of the footprint left behind by Guy Allen's snack booth. It was a bit funny...especially in light of a social media post and thread later that day. Jonathan Magee makes a cameo as well...he informed us that his injury would be projected to be healed up in time for Furnace Fest! Good luck, Jonathan!
We stopped to get some lunch at Bob Evans as we left Champaign Urbana. It seemed that everyone else probably had left the area. I captured footage during the drive home again using our Crosstour CR-900 and used the animated map clip for further documentation of our return. Along the ride home, I also captured some windmills, what appeared to be a military helicopter landing, a Lincoln statue, the water tower for Monee, and the Chicago skyline as we approached the city. Back at the house, we brought everything out of the car, and sprayed it in hopes to kill any remaining bed bugs. We sprayed the car as well as the trunk and put all our clothes into the wash. It seems we were able to get rid of the problem! We thankfully were able to get it all done before another storm came through. We seem to have just missed one and throughout the weekend while we were gone it seemed that there was considerable rain as well.
In addition to all the video footage shared, there's also photos and such shared at our respective Facebook and Instagram feeds.
Also, for other perspectives, check out I'm Clifford Today on YouTube. Tuned Up has some written articles as well as video interviews and whatnot on the Tuned Up YouTube. I'm sure that Jeff Summers will also contribute to the live footage archive on YouTube as well (I have come to realize he was unable to attend Audiofeed this year but he has quite a bit of footage on his channel dating back to the Cornerstone years to check out). I'm sure there are others who have shared their experience of Audiofeed on the internet who I am not yet aware of.
There are also some who don't share to the internet like our mullet wearing friend, Lee who surely has an immense collection somewhere! I remember seeing him with camera in hand the first time I went to Cornerstone in 2004!
Of course check the various internet homes of Audiofeed where I'm sure there is a lot that has been shared and probably still to be shared from the official media team.
I felt that Audiofeed 2023, went quite well. The new team booked fun acts and seemed to handle the responsibilities quite well. Jim was still heavily involved lending a hand where he could and Zach and Luke also were still quite involved but the new team took the reins well I think. I captured footage from 57 artists or speakers along with an assortment of other footage! I am hopeful for the future of Audiofeed! The announcement already went out for the 2024 edition which will be the 10th event. It's a couple years delayed due to COVID-19 but it is exciting to reach the 10th Audiofeed and can't wait to see what they got in store. I included the announcement of the 10th Audiofeed at the end of the video.
Additional soundtrack includes "I Like Your Photographs / ...Moves On" by Starflyer 59 and "Cloud City" by Hum.
Footage filmed using a Canon Rebel T6s with an Audio-Technica AT-8024 microphone, iPhone 12 and 14 and Crosstour CR-900 by Elphie and Joel A. Swanson. Titles and other animations created using Motion 4 on a Macbook by Joel A. Swanson. Edited using Final Cut Pro on a Mac Mini by Joel A. Swanson.
Full Audiofeed 2023 Video Playlist
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLh9ZwEF2QQpOy7juNkjT7epZyk1mWm_WQ
